Three soldiers killed as avalanche hits army post in Kashmir

The avalanche struck two days after a government agency issued 24-hour avalanche warning for several districts of Jammu and Kashmir

Author Kayla Price

04 February, 2018

At least three soldiers of the Indian Army lost their lives when an avalanche hit an Army post in Kupwara's Machil Sector on Friday, 2 February.

Reports said the avalanche struck an army post of 21 Rajput around 4:30 pm at Sona Pandi Gali in Machil sector in which four soldiers went missing.

Despite avalanche warning and steep and hard terrain, troops remained on guard on the LoC to foil any infiltration bid from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), where large number of trained militants are waiting to cross over to this side, defence sources told UNI.

However, one died on the spot and two others succumbed while being shifted to 92 base hospital Badamibagh, Srinagar. Earlier in the first week of January, eleven people, including a Border Roads Organisation officer and a year-old baby girl died when snow avalanches hit at two places in Tangdhar area of Kupwara.

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